Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition

By The Planetary Society

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The politics, policy, and history behind space exploration.

Episode Date
Real and Acceptable Reasons for Space Exploration
Apr 05, 2024
The ahistorical era of commercial lunar exploration
Mar 01, 2024
Space isn’t black — it’s grey
Feb 02, 2024
India’s growing space ambitions
Jan 05, 2024
Was the Space Shuttle a policy failure?
Dec 01, 2023
What went wrong with Mars Sample Return
Nov 03, 2023
Why lunar exploration must be of enduring national interest
Aug 04, 2023
What’s Going on with: Congress, MSR, and FAA Reauthorization?
Jul 07, 2023
The policy implications of active SETI
Jun 02, 2023
SpaceX's Starship vs. the environment, with Eric Roesch
May 05, 2023
The motives behind NASA's billions — Jean Toal Eisen on how Congress funds the final frontier
Apr 07, 2023
The Tricky Ethics of Space Settlement
Mar 03, 2023
The White House's Matt Daniels on the U.S.'s New Cislunar Strategy
Feb 03, 2023
JPL Director wants "every brain" to have the chance to work in space exploration
Jan 06, 2023
NASA's Economic Impact with Alex MacDonald and Joshua Drucker
Dec 02, 2022
What the Congressional Midterms Mean for Space Science
Nov 11, 2022
Space Policy Edition Bonus: Q&A with Casey Dreier and Bill Nye
Nov 04, 2022
The Geopolitics of a Successful SETI Detection
Oct 07, 2022
Mike Gold on Crafting the Artemis Accords
Sep 02, 2022
Lori Garver on Bringing Change to NASA
Aug 05, 2022
Pathfinder and the Birth of the Discovery Program
Jul 01, 2022
Inside the Planetary Science Decadal Survey Process with Bethany Ehlmann
Jun 03, 2022
How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Changed Space, with Mariel Borowitz
May 06, 2022
NASA's 2023 Budget Request
Apr 08, 2022
Why are outer planets missions so expensive?
Mar 04, 2022
JWST and the politics of mega-science (with Robert Smith)
Feb 04, 2022
What We're Watching in 2022
Jan 07, 2022
Astronomy goes big, with Heidi Hammel
Dec 03, 2021
We're entering a new era of planetary defense (with Lindley Johnson)
Nov 05, 2021
NASA's Congressional Logjam
Oct 01, 2021
The cultural rituals of space advocacy, with Linda Billings
Sep 03, 2021
Mars via the Nuclear Option
Aug 06, 2021
The Pentagon's UFO Report, Featuring Sarah Scoles
Jul 02, 2021
NASA's 2022 Budget Request Says "Yes"
Jun 04, 2021
How Starship at the Moon Brings NASA Closer to Mars
May 07, 2021
Biden Names His NASA Administrator
Apr 02, 2021
SpaceX's Early, Desperate Days (with Eric Berger)
Mar 05, 2021
The Big Picture on U.S. Science Funding
Feb 05, 2021
A Mob at the U.S. Capitol
Jan 15, 2021
Operation Moonglow and the Global Impact of Apollo
Dec 04, 2020
NASA's Post-Election Landscape
Nov 13, 2020
Divining Biden's Space Policy with Jeff Foust
Oct 02, 2020
The Moon-to-Mars Strategy, with Dr. Scott Pace
Sep 11, 2020
Why the SLS is a National Asset, and Why That Matters
Aug 07, 2020
A Trillion-Dollar Space Economy?
Jul 03, 2020
NASA’s Gamble Pays Off
Jun 05, 2020
Our Moral Obligation to Explore Space
May 01, 2020
Our Equinox Space Policy Briefing
Apr 03, 2020
NASA's 2021 Budget Request Brings Billions
Mar 06, 2020
Is the Moon a Stepping-Stone or a Cornerstone for Mars? (with Laura Seward Forczyk)
Feb 07, 2020
Houston, We Have a Space Force (with Brian Weeden)
Jan 10, 2020
The Biggest Policy Moments of the Decade (with Marcia Smith)
Dec 06, 2019
How a Report Can Move Mountains
Nov 01, 2019
Happy Fiscal New Year!
Oct 11, 2019
Why Apollo Ended (with John Logsdon)
Sep 06, 2019
The Home Front During Apollo (with Emily Margolis)
Aug 02, 2019
Why Apollo Happened (with Roger Launius)
Jul 05, 2019
The Soviet Moonshot (with Asif Siddiqi)
Jun 07, 2019
Lessons From the Moonshot That Never Was (with Mark Albrecht)
May 03, 2019
T-minus Five Years and Counting
Apr 05, 2019
When a (Space) Cowboy Came to Washington
Mar 01, 2019
Should the U.S. be in a space race with China?
Feb 01, 2019
Shutdown
Jan 18, 2019
Canada's Uncertain Future in Space (with Kate Howells)
Dec 07, 2018
After the Midterms—Looking Ahead with Marcia Smith
Nov 16, 2018
How NASA Came to Be
Oct 05, 2018
Did NASA Ace its Midterms? With Special Guest Louise Prockter
Sep 07, 2018
Destination…Mars? Contradictions and Principles
Aug 03, 2018
Space Force! With Special Guest Brian Weeden
Jul 06, 2018
Space Policy Directive 2—This Time it's Commercial
Jun 01, 2018
A Commercial Future for the Space Station?
May 04, 2018
Lori Garver on what a NASA Administrator (and Deputy) actually does
Apr 06, 2018
Space Policy Edition #23 - Blitzing Congress: Planetary Society volunteers visit Capitol Hill
Mar 02, 2018
Space Policy Edition Special: The 2019 President’s Budget Request Unveiled
Feb 17, 2018
Space Policy Edition #21: Bill Nye and the State of the Union
Feb 02, 2018
Space Policy Edition #20: Looking back on the year in space policy. Also, your questions!
Jan 05, 2018
Space Policy Edition #19: When did the private space age begin? Much earlier than you think.
Dec 01, 2017
Space Policy Edition #18: Jim Bridenstine vs. the Senate and First Meeting of the National Space Council
Nov 03, 2017
Space Policy Edition #17: The 75th Anniversary of the Rocket Age, with Dr. Michael Neufeld
Oct 06, 2017
Space Policy Edition #16: NASA's Flagship Missions: Are They Worth It?
Sep 01, 2017
Space Policy Edition #15 – Congressman Rick Larsen, Could Russia Exit the ISS?
Aug 04, 2017
Space Policy Edition #14 – Ice Giants and Ocean Worlds Beckon
Jul 07, 2017
Space Policy Edition #13 – The 2018 Budget Proposal and Is Mars Exploration in Retrograde?
Jun 02, 2017
Space Policy Edition #12 – Is Space Policy Stagnant? With Special Guest Marcia Smith
May 05, 2017
Space Policy Edition #11 – Big Science and a Skinny Budget
Apr 07, 2017
Space Policy Edition #10 - Special Guest Laura Delgado Lopez, SpaceX to the Moon, looming budget cuts
Mar 03, 2017
Space Policy Edition #9: Congress Plots New Space Legislation Amid Trump's Tumultuous First Two Weeks
Feb 06, 2017
Space Policy Edition #8 - A Transition "Trumpdate", 2016 in Review, and Answering Your Questions
Jan 05, 2017
Space Policy Edition #7 - The Trump Administration: What Can We Expect for Space?
Dec 01, 2016
Space Policy Edition #6: Election 2016! Where Do Clinton and Trump Stand on Space?
Nov 03, 2016
Space Policy Edition #5: The U.S. Senate takes on the politics of Mars
Oct 07, 2016
Space Policy Edition #4: Near Earth Asteroids—Why we go, how we find them, and maybe mine them
Sep 02, 2016
Space Policy Edition #3: Plutonium-238, Europa via SLS, Cost of the Next Mars Rover Rises
Aug 05, 2016
Space Policy Edition #2: Why Juno? Why Jupiter? Why Now?
Jul 01, 2016
Space Policy Edition #1: How We Got Here: Human Spaceflight at the End of the Obama Era
Jun 03, 2016